Colonel General Bakhodir Khamidovich Tashmatov is an Uzbek military leader and security official. He was born in 1964 in the

Uzbek SSR Uzbekistan (, ) is the common English name for the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (Uzbek SSR; uz, Ўзбекистон Совет Социалистик Республикаси, Oʻzbekiston Sovet Sotsialistik Respublikasi, in Russian: Уз� ...

. He graduated from the

Tashkent Higher All-Arms Command School The Tashkent Higher All-Arms Command School () was a military academy of the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan. It was previously known as the Tashkent Higher Combined Arms Command School named after Vladimir Lenin (). It was one of the oldest mi ...

, the

Academy of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan The Academy of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan () is a body for the training of highly qualified military personnel for the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan. It was originally established as an inter-service educational institution that ...

, the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, as well as the Fergana State University. He served in various positions of command personnel in the troops of the

Turkestan Military District The Turkestan Military District (russian: Туркестанский военный округ (ТуркВО), ''Turkestansky voyenyi okrug (TurkVO)'') was a military district of both the Imperial Russian Army and the Soviet Armed Forces, with it ...

of the

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and later throughout the 90s, served in leading positions of the Ministry of Defense. From 1999 to 2008 he commanded the troops of the military districts of the Ministry of Defense. From 2008 to 2011, he worked as First Deputy Minister of Defense and

Chief of the General Staff The Chief of the General Staff (CGS) is a post in many armed forces (militaries), the head of the military staff. List * Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (United States) * Chief of the General Staff (Abkhazia) * Chief of General Staff (Afg ...

, and then, from 2011 to 2013, Secretary of the

National Security Council under the President of Uzbekistan Government of Uzbekistan Military of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan The National Security Council under the President of Uzbekistan (; ) is the central advisory body of the Uzbek government which aides and assists the President in implementation of militar ...

. From 2013 to 2017, he served as First Deputy Minister of Defense to General

Qobul Berdiyev Qobul Raimovich Berdiev (russian: Кабул Раимович Бердиев, uz, Qobul Rayimovich Berdiyev (born April 5, 1955) is an Uzbek military officer who has served as Minister of Defence of Uzbekistan from September 17, 2008 to September ...

. From 2017 to 2020, he was Commander of the

National Guard of Uzbekistan The National Guard of the Republic of Uzbekistan ( Uzbek: O'zbekiston Respublikasining milliy gvardiyasi) is a uniformed independent formation within the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The headquarters of the National Guard is based ...

. In 2020, headed the State Security Service of the President of Uzbekistan (SSBP). On 22 October 2020, he was appointed Deputy Secretary of the Security Council under the President for the development of the armed forces.

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